Weekend spannerings...

I stripped the motors at the weekend. I havn't actually done much spannering for a while but I was looking forward to getting my hands dirty.

The first motor I stripped was in pretty bad shape. Having been blown (10 years ago) I was expecting some damage. The further I stripped it the more damage I discovered. The motor is pretty much unuseable. It would require a full rebuild which, in fact, I was and still am, quite prepared to do.

I was a little disappointed as this particular engine was the 105 bhp version with twin Webers and the single lobe cams. I wanted, if possible to rebuild this particular engine as opposed to the other.

The other 'sud motor I had picked up earlier was the 85 bhp version which would have different heads, cams and would have had a single carburettor.

A little bit of research suggested that these were the main and only differences between the two motors.

My only option was to hold my breath, strip the other motor and hope that the condition of the internals was good.

Thankfully, it was good. So good in fact, that it would probably rebuild with very few new parts.

Woot!